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Greece says onus on Turkey to ease tensions
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece welcomes moves by Turkey to de-escalate recent tensions in the east Mediterranean, its prime minister said on Tuesday, but Ankara needs to show a firmer commitment to improvi...
Oct 06, 2020
Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Britain's Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and U.S. scientist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenome...
Oct 06, 2020
Malaysia reports 691 new coronavirus cases, biggest daily jump
By CYCLING-GIRO KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday reported 691 new coronavirus cases, its biggest daily jump since the start of the pandemic. There were four additional deaths confirmed, ta...
Oct 06, 2020
Kuwait’s cabinet hands in resignation, emir asks PM to prepare for election: KUNA
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's new emir has asked the Gulf state's cabinet to carry on its duties and prepare for parliamentary elections due this year after the prime minister handed in his government's...
Oct 06, 2020
Thais remember 1976 student massacre as protests grow
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thais paid their respects with flowers and prayers on Tuesday to the victims of a 1976 massacre of pro-democracy students by state forces, an event given new re...
Oct 06, 2020
Self-isolating Commission head snubs EU advice on COVID-19 quarantine length
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she would leave quarantine on Tuesday after having been in contact with someone positive for...
Oct 06, 2020
Delhi’s oldest graveyard clears space to bury coronavirus dead
By Danish Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Workers were clearing undergrowth from wasteland on Tuesday to add 400 graves to the Indian capital's oldest functioning cemetery beside the ruins of historic ...
Oct 06, 2020
UK’s Sunak says will look at helping cities after pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday it was sad to see city centres deserted because of the coronavirus pandemic and the government would need to look at what it c...
Oct 06, 2020
EU’s top court says governments can’t have unchecked access to phone and internet users’ data
PARIS (Reuters) - National government and their spying agencies cannot have unchecked access to phone and internet users' data, the European Union's top court said on Tuesday. In a much-awaited court ...
Oct 06, 2020
Hungary’s university reform is illegal, EU top court says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court said on Tuesday that Hungary's reform of higher education rules, which forced a university founded by George Soros to move most of its activities ou...
Oct 06, 2020
